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Examiner Kyle Hwa-Kai Tseng

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 19 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Kyle Hwa-Kai Tseng has allowed 11 of 19 decided applications (58%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

58% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Kyle Hwa-Kai Tseng holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 55 total applications, 19 have been disposed (decided). Of those 19 disposed applications, 11 were allowed and 8 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 58% over the decided count. The examiner operates within a single art unit (2189). This pooled record reflects outcomes across all applications in that unit and represents historical data only, not a forecast for any individual case.

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This record aggregates all applications handled by the examiner across their art unit(s) in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 58% is calculated from decided applications (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending cases. Pooled figures describe the examiner's past output and do not constitute a prediction about the outcome of any specific application or the likelihood of allowance in future cases.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2189
55 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 77%
DISPOSITION11 / 8 / 36allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION39.7 moart unit avg 26.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY49.7 moart unit avg 39 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility91% · art unit 44%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)84%
§103 — Obviousness93% · art unit 72%
§112 — Written description & definiteness76%
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Questions about Examiner Kyle Hwa-Kai Tseng

  • What is Kyle Hwa-Kai Tseng's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 58%, based on 11 allowed and 8 abandoned applications out of 19 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner operates within 1 art unit (2189) in Technology Center 2100.
  • How many applications are in this examiner's record?
    The public record includes 55 total applications. Of these, 19 have been disposed (decided), 8 have been abandoned, and 11 have been allowed.
  • What does an allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications that were allowed. It is calculated from disposed applications only and does not describe pending cases. The rate reflects historical outcomes and is not a prediction for any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kyle Hwa-Kai Tseng has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 55 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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